Take the campaign further
The Mental Health Social Media Campaign is a week of awareness, education and engagement to show the importance of prioritizing mental health. However, it should not end there! The following are some ideas that you can implement during the week’s campaign or other times throughout the academic year to show your support.
Create and distribute mental health resource cards.
Link to the Division III National SAAC mental health resource card template and print personalized copies for all student-athletes, staff, coaches and administrators.
Designate a home event to support mental health.
Encourage teams to work with their athletics departments to declare one of the home athletics events as a “Prioritizing Mental Health Game/Meet.” At that event, student-athletes and athletics departments can do the following:
- Highlight the 2022 Mental Health Social Media Campaign or draw attention to specific programming/social media activities taking place during the week.
- Invite offices and campus organizations focused on mental health to the game/meet and showcase their work during media timeouts/half time/breaks/etc.
- Recognize departments that focus on mental health work.
Make mental health resources on campus available to student-athletes, coaches and administrators.
Your institution likely has resources available related to mental health. For instance, work with offices dedicated to mental health to provide educational opportunities for student-athletes, coaches and/or administrators.
Highlights of the 2021 Campaign
